Sasha Grey to star in 'I Melt With You'

Porn star Sasha Grey, who starred in Steven Soderbergh's "The Girlfriend Experience," is in talks to board Mark Pellington's drama "I Melt With You," which also stars Thomas Jane, Rob Lowe and Jeremy Piven.

The Hollywood Reporter says Zander Eckhouse, Abhi Sinha and Arielle Kebbel are also joining the project. Story follows a trio of former college buddies who reunite and realize theire lives kind of suck.

As a result, they decide to ressurect a pact they made years earlier. Grey will apparently play a chick trying to convince one of the friends that death is the ultimate solution. Eckhouse plays her boyfriend.

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Porn star joins Soderbergh project

Porn star Sasha Grey has joined Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming indie “The Girlfriend Experience,” Variety reported earlier today.

The low-budget project focuses on prostitution from the perspective of a call girl. Brian Koppelman and David Levien (“Ocean’s Thirteen”) wrote the script.

I don’t know anything about Grey, but the trade says she headed into the porn business at 18 and became the youngest recipient of AVN's Female Performer of the Year award.

"To have the opportunity to work for an Academy Award-winning auteur is truly a great honor," Grey told Adult Video News, who first reported the casting news.

She said she’s been a fan of Soderbergh’s flicks for quite some time, and she feels great about landing a role in a character-driven project.

I can understand why she’s happy about that. But casting an expert in the industry is definitely an interesting choice from Soderbergh.

The helmer most recently directed “Che,” his double feature on Ernesto “Che” Guevara.